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- 1816
- Following the union of the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies is founded.
- 1918
- A blast furnace starts operating in Newcastle, New South Wales.
- 1941
- St. Stephen's Girls' School is forced to close on the onset of World War 2 in the Philippines.
- 1957
- Balconcillo, a residential complex in Lima, is inaugurated by the Peruvian president.
- 1985
- The third Cambie Street Bridge is officially opened in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- 2015
- The Linxing Expressway, connecting the cities of Lintong and Xingping, is opened in Shaanxi, China.
- 2023
- A cafe opens in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.
- 2024
- A lightning offensive by the Syrian opposition results to the collapse of the Syrian Arab Republic.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on December 8, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on December 8 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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